Use of Suprathel dressing in a young infant with TEN.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome are potentially life-threatening skin disorders. We report that a 3-month-old infant, a patient with toxic epidermal necrolysis, who in addition to a standard resuscitation protocol for burns received treatment with Suprathel (PolyMedics Innovations GmbH, Filderstadt, Germany) and fatty gauze as topical wound dressings in the form of a whole body cover with complete recovery. This is the first case report of Suprathel being used successfully in a baby with toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Pfurtscheller
Klaus
K
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Children's Burns Unit, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Zobel
Gerfried
G
Roedl
Siegfried
S
Trop
Marija
M
D001458:Bandages; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011091:Polyesters; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
D011091:Polyesters; C527789:poly(lactide-co-trimethylenecarbonate-co-epsilon-caprolactone)